a+heap

congestus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 1. congero.

congestus, ūs, m. [1. congero], a bearing or bringing together, an accumulation (rare; mostly post-Aug.).

Prop.

In abstr.: herbam asperam credo (exstitisse) avium congestu, non humano satu, * Cic. Div. 2, 32, 68:

copiarum,

Tac. H. 2, 87:

magnarum opum,

Sen. Ben. 2, 27, 3.—

In concr., a heap, pile, mass: magnus harenae, * Lucr. 6, 725: culmorum et frondium, * Col. 9, 14, 14:

lapidum,

Tac. H. 1, 84:

multo congestu pulveris,

Luc. 9, 486.—

Trop.: in dicendo quamlibet abundans rerum copia cumulum tantum habeat atque congestum, nisi, etc., * Quint. 7, prooem. §

1: tantus rerum ex orbe toto coëuntium congestus,

Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 6 (26), 5.

con-glŏmĕro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. (very rare), to roll together, wind up, conglomerate.

Prop., * Lucr. 3, 211:

venae intortae et conglomeratae,

Cels. 7, 18 fin. —

Trop., to crowd, heap, or press together: omnia mala in aliquem, Enn. ap Non. p. 90, 15 (Trag. Rel. v. 307 Rib.).

conjectus, a, um, Part., from conicio.

conjectus, ūs, m. [conicio] (rare but class.; most freq. in Lucr.).

A throwing together.

A crowding, connecting, or uniting together:

materiaï,

Lucr. 5, 417:

altior animaï,

id. 4, 960.—

Concr., a conflux, concourse, confluence; a heap, crowd, pile:

elementorum confluit,

Lucr. 5, 600:

herbae conjectu siccari amnes,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 18.—

A throwing, throwing down, casting, projecting, hurling:

lapidum conjectu fracta domus,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2:

terrae,

Liv. 7, 6, 2:

telorum,

Nep. Pelop. 5, 4:

venire ad teli conjectum,

to come within weapons' throw, Liv. 2, 31, 6; 28, 14, 19; cf.

the opp.: extra teli conjectum consistere,

Petr. 90, 2:

(jaculorum) ex altioribus locis in cavam vallem,

Liv. 25, 16, 22:

quasi quid pugno bracchique superne Conjectu trudatur,

the thrust, Lucr. 6, 435.—

Trop.

Of the eyes, a turning, directing, throwing, etc.:

oculorum in me,

Cic. Sest. 54, 115; so,

oculorum,

id. de Or. 3, 59, 222; id. Planc. 8, 21; Quint. 9, 3, 101; Curt. 9, 7, 25:

non modo telorum sed oculorum,

Plin. Pan. 17, 3.—

Of the mind, etc., a turning, directing:

conjectus animorum in me,

Cic. Sest. 54, 115:

minarum,

Plin. Pan. 17, 3:

conjectura dicta est a conjectu, id est directione quādam rationis ad veritatem,

Quint. 3, 6, 30.—

= conjectura; progredi conjectu longius, Auct. Vict. Caes. 26, 4.

con-tŭmŭlo, āre, v. a.

To heap up like a mound:

ovis stragulum molle pulvere,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 100.—

To furnish with a mound, to inter, bury:

saucium ingestā humo,

Ov. Ib. 460; cf. id. Tr. 3, 3, 33; Mart. 8, 57, 4.

ē-mūnĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a., to fortify, secure, provide with a wall (not ante-Aug.).

Lit.:

locum arcis in modum,

Liv. 24, 21 fin.:

non opus est arduos colles emunire,

Sen. Clem. 1, 19, 6.—

Transf.

To strengthen, make secure:

obice postes,

Verg. A. 8, 227:

murum opere,

Liv. 26, 46, 2:

caveam retibus,

Col. 8, 8, 4:

sola et latera horreorum,

id. 1, 6, 16.—

To protect, defend:

vites caveis ab injuria pecoris,

Col. 5, 6, 21.—

To build up, elevate for defence:

murus, ut in suspecto loco, supra ceterae modum altitudinis, emunitus erat,

Liv. 21. 7, 7:

locus in modum arcis emunitus,

id. 24, 21, 12.—

To pile up, heap up:

toros ostro auroque,

Stat. Th. 1, 518.—

To clear, to make passable:

silvas ac paludes,

Tac. Agr. 31.—

Trop.:

emunivit animum,

Sen. Contr. 3, 17, 10, p. 226 Bip.

ex-aggĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to raise a mound, dam, or dike; to heap up (class.; cf.: acervo, coacervo, cumulo, aggero).

[p. 672] Lit.:

aggesta humo planitiem,

Curt. 6, 5:

terram,

Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 139:

clivum super capita columnarum,

id. 36, 14, 21, § 96:

locum operibus,

to surround with ramparts, Vitr. 10, 22:

pluribus stramentis exaggerandum est aviarium,

to be abundantly filled, supplied, Col. 8, 11, 9.—

Transf., to enlarge, increase by heaping up:

rem familiarem,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92; so,

magnas opes,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 25.—

Trop.: hic alteri alteris mortem morti exaggerabant, they mutually heaped up death upon death, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin. —Far more freq.,

Transf., to exalt, amplify, heighten, magnify, exaggerate:

nihil est ad exaggerandam et amplificandam orationem accommodatius, quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 27; cf.:

oratio nimis alta et exaggerata (opp. humilis et abjecta),

id. Or. 59, 192:

quasi exaggerata altius oratio (with elatio et altitudo orationis),

id. Brut. 17, 66:

artem oratione,

id. de Or. 1, 55; cf.

beneficium verbis,

id. Planc. 29, 71:

immanitatem parricidii vi orationis,

Quint. 9, 2, 53:

injuriam nostram,

id. 6, 2, 23:

animus excelsus et altus et virtutibus exaggeratus,

Cic. Par. 5 fin.:

Xenocrates exaggerans tanto opere virtutem, extenuans cetera et abiciens,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 51:

auctae exaggerataeque fortunae,

id. Cat. 4, 9 fin.:

juventam alicujus honoribus,

Vell. 2, 129, 2. Hence, *

exaggĕranter, adv., with many words, Tert. de Carn. Chr. 19.—

exaggĕrā-tus, a, um, P. a., cumulated, heightened, elevated (very seldom):

exaggerata verborum volubilitate,

Petr. 124, 3.— Comp., Gell. 13, 24, 25; cf. ib. § 9.

ex-aggĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to raise a mound, dam, or dike; to heap up (class.; cf.: acervo, coacervo, cumulo, aggero).

[p. 672] Lit.:

aggesta humo planitiem,

Curt. 6, 5:

terram,

Plin. 19, 8, 41, § 139:

clivum super capita columnarum,

id. 36, 14, 21, § 96:

locum operibus,

to surround with ramparts, Vitr. 10, 22:

pluribus stramentis exaggerandum est aviarium,

to be abundantly filled, supplied, Col. 8, 11, 9.—

Transf., to enlarge, increase by heaping up:

rem familiarem,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92; so,

magnas opes,

Phaedr. 3, prol. 25.—

Trop.: hic alteri alteris mortem morti exaggerabant, they mutually heaped up death upon death, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin. —Far more freq.,

Transf., to exalt, amplify, heighten, magnify, exaggerate:

nihil est ad exaggerandam et amplificandam orationem accommodatius, quam, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 27; cf.:

oratio nimis alta et exaggerata (opp. humilis et abjecta),

id. Or. 59, 192:

quasi exaggerata altius oratio (with elatio et altitudo orationis),

id. Brut. 17, 66:

artem oratione,

id. de Or. 1, 55; cf.

beneficium verbis,

id. Planc. 29, 71:

immanitatem parricidii vi orationis,

Quint. 9, 2, 53:

injuriam nostram,

id. 6, 2, 23:

animus excelsus et altus et virtutibus exaggeratus,

Cic. Par. 5 fin.:

Xenocrates exaggerans tanto opere virtutem, extenuans cetera et abiciens,

id. Tusc. 5, 18, 51:

auctae exaggerataeque fortunae,

id. Cat. 4, 9 fin.:

juventam alicujus honoribus,

Vell. 2, 129, 2. Hence, *

exaggĕranter, adv., with many words, Tert. de Carn. Chr. 19.—

exaggĕrā-tus, a, um, P. a., cumulated, heightened, elevated (very seldom):

exaggerata verborum volubilitate,

Petr. 124, 3.— Comp., Gell. 13, 24, 25; cf. ib. § 9.

jungo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. [Sanscr. jug, junagmi, to unite; juk, joined; Goth. juk; O. H. Germ. joh, joch; Gr. zug, zeugnumi, zugos, zugon], to join or unite together, connect, attach, fasten, yoke, harness.

Lit.

In gen.

With acc.:

Narcissum et florem anethi,

Verg. E. 2, 48:

pontes et propugnacula,

id. A. 9, 170:

nemoris carentia sensu robora,

Claud. B. G. 17:

gradus,

to close the ranks, Sil. 4, 372:

montes,

to heap up, Val. Fl. 1, 198:

ostia,

to shut, Juv. 9, 105; cf.:

junctas quatere fenestras,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 1:

oscula,

to exchange, Ov. M. 2, 357; cf. id. Am. 2, 5, 59; Petr. 67:

da jungere dextram,

to clasp, Verg. A. 6, 697:

cur dextrae jungere dextram non datur,

id. ib. 1, 408; cf.:

quas junximus hospitio dextras,

id. ib. 3, 83;

11, 165: duos sinus,

Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 116:

juncto ponte milites transmittit,

Tac. A. 1, 49.—So with abl. of means or manner:

Ticinum ponte,

to span, Liv. 21, 45, 1:

amnem ponte,

Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 86:

ratibus flumen,

to bridge, Liv. 21, 47, 2; cf.:

qui biduo vix locum rate jungendo flumini inventum tradunt,

id. 21, 47, 6:

eo omnia vallo et fossa,

id. 38, 4, 6:

plumbum nigrum albo,

Plin. 33, 5, 30, § 94; cf.:

nam calamus cera jungitur,

Tib. 2, 5, 32:

illos defendit numerus junctaeque umbone phalanges,

Juv. 2, 46:

erga juncta est mihi foedere dextra,

Verg. A. 8, 169:

Pompei acies junxerat in seriem nexis umbonibus arma,

Luc. 7, 453. —

With dat. of indir. object:

hoc opus ad turrim hostium admovent, ut aedificio jungatur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 10 fin.:

humano capiti cervicem equinam,

Hor. A. P. 2:

mortua corpora vivis,

Verg. A. 8, 485; cf.:

his tignis contraria duo juncta,

Caes. B. G. 3, 17, 5:

se Romanis,

Liv. 24, 49, 1:

exercitum sibi,

Vell. 2, 80, 1:

socia arma Rutulis,

Liv. 1, 2, 3:

victores Germani juncturi se Pannoniis,

Suet. Tib. 17:

cervicem meam amplexui,

Petr. 86 dub. (Büch., vinxit amplexu):

dextra dextrae jungitur,

Ov. M. 6, 447; cf. Verg. A. 1, 408 supra:

aeri aes plumbo fit uti jungatur ab albo,

Lucr. 6, 1079:

juncta est vena arteriis,

Cels. 2, 10:

Comius incensum calcaribus equum jungit equo Quadrati,

drives against, Hirt. B. C. 8, 48.—

With inter se:

tigna bina inter se,

Caes. B. G. 3, 17, 3:

maxime autem corpora inter se juncta permanent, cum, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 115:

disparibus calamis inter se junctis,

Ov. M. 1, 712:

saltus duo alti inter se juncti,

Liv. 9, 2, 7.—

With cum:

cum Bruto Cassioque vires suas,

Vell. 2, 65, 1:

legiones se cum Caesare juncturae,

id. 2, 110, 1:

erat cum pede pes junctus,

Ov. M. 9, 44:

lecto mecum junctus in uno,

id. H. 13, 117:

digitis medio cum pollice junctis,

id. F. 5, 433:

lingua cum subjecta parte juncta est,

Cels. 7, 12, 4.—

Esp.

To harness, yoke, attach.

Of animals: angues ingentes alites juncti jugo, Pac. ap. Cic. Inv. 1, 19, 27 (Trag. v. 397 Rib.):

junge pares,

i. e. in pairs, Verg. G. 3, 169; Grat. Cyneg. 263:

nec jungere tauros norant,

Verg. A. 8, 316:

currus et quatuor equos,

id. G. 3, 114:

grypes equis,

id. E. 8, 27 Forbig.:

curru jungit Halaesus Equos,

id. A. 7, 724:

leones ad currum,

Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 54:

mulis e proximo pistrino ad vehiculum junctis,

Suet. Caes. 31.—

Of a vehicle (rare):

reda equis juncta,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25:

neve (mulier) juncto vehiculo veheretur,

Liv. 34, 1, 3:

juncta vehicula, pleraque onusta, mille admodum capiuntur,

id. 42, 65, 3. —

Of wounds, etc., to join, bring together, unite, heal:

ego vulnera doctum jungere Etiona petam,

Stat. Th. 10, 733:

parotidas suppuratas,

Scrib. Comp. 206:

oras (tumoris),

Cels. 7, 17, 1:

oras vulneris,

id. 5, 4, 23 al. —

Of lands, territories, etc.:

juncta pharetratis Sarmatis ora Getis,

adjoining, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 110; cf.:

juncta Aquilonibus Arctos,

id. M. 2, 132:

quibus (campis) junctae paludes erant,

Front. Strat. 2, 5, 6; Vell. 2, 110, 4:

fundos Apuliae,

to add, join to, Petr. 77:

longos jungere fines agrorum,

Luc. 1, 167.—

To connect in time, cause to follow immediately:

cum diei noctem pervigilem junxisset,

Just. 12, 13, 7:

somnum morti,

Petr. 79:

vidit hic annus Ventidium consularem praetextam jungentem praetoriae,

Vell. 2, 65, 3:

nulla natio tam mature consino belli bellum junxit,

id. 2, 110, 5:

junge, puer, cyathos, atque enumerare labora,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 10:

laborem difficilius est repetere quam jungere,

to resume than to continue, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 10.—So of pronunciation:

si jungas (opp. interpunctis quibusdam),

Quint. 9, 4, 108.—

Milit. t. t., of troops, an army, etc., to join, unite:

cum juncti essent,

Liv. 25, 35; 25, 37:

exercitum Pompei sibi,

Vell. 2, 80, 1:

junctis exercitious,

Vell. 2, 113, 1:

cum collegae se junxisset,

Front. Strat. 1, 1, 9; so,

exercitum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 9:

Ajacem naves suas Atheniensibus junxisse,

Quint. 5, 11, 40.—

To add, give in addition:

commoda praeterea jungentur multa caducis,

Juv. 9, 89.—

In mal. part.:

corpora,

Ov. M. 10, 464:

turpia corpora,

id. H. 9, 134: tu mihi juncta toro, id. F. 3, 511; id. R. Am. 408:

si jungitur ulla Ursidio,

Juv. 6, 41; 6, 448; cf.

Venerem,

Tib. 1, 9, 76; Ov. H. 353; id. R. Am. 407.

Transf.

In gen., of abstract things, to bring together, join, unite:

cum hominibus nostris consuetudines, amicitias, res rationesque jungebat,

Cic. Deiot. 9, 27:

omnem naturam, quae non solitaria sit... sed cum alio juncta atque conexa, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 11, 29:

an virtus et voluptas inter se jungi copularique possint,

id. de Or. 1, 51, 122:

sapientiam junctam habere eloquentiae,

id. ib. 3, 35, 142:

indignationem conquestioni,

id. Inv. 2, 11, 36:

insignis improbitas et scelere juncta,

id. de Or. 2, 58, 237:

plura crimina junguntur,

are combined, Quint. 4, 4, 5.—

Esp.

Of persons, to join, unite, bring together, associate, in love, marriage, relationship, etc.:

cum impari,

Liv. 1, 46:

cum pare,

Ov. F. 4, 98:

alicujus filiam secum matrimonio,

Curt. 5, 3, 12:

si tibi legitimis pactam junctamque tabellis non es amaturus,

Juv. 6, 200:

juncta puella viro,

Ov. A. A. 1, 682; id. Tr. 2, 284. —Of animals, etc.:

Appulis jungentur capreae lupis,

Hor. C. 1, 33, 8:

variis albae junguntur columbac,

Ov. H. 15, 37:

unaque nos sibi operā amicos junget,

Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 32:

ut quos certus amor junxit,

Ov. M. 4, 156:

amicos,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 54:

Geminum mecum tua in me beneficia junxerunt,

Plin. Ep. 10, 26, 1:

puer puero junctus amicitia,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 12.—Esp., of a treaty, alliance, etc.:

si populus Romanus foedere jungeretur regi,

Liv. 26, 24; Just. 15, 4, 24. —

Of things, to make by joining, enter into:

pacem cum Aenea, deinde adfinitatem,

Liv. 1, 1:

nova foedera,

id. 7, 30:

cum Hispanis amicitiam,

Just. 43, 5, 3:

societatem cum eo metu potentiae ejus,

id. 22, 2, 6:

foedus cum eo amicitiamque,

Liv. 24, 48; 23, 33:

juncta societas Hannibali,

id. 24, 6:

foedera,

id. 7, 30:

jungendae societatis gratia,

Just. 20, 4, 2.—

Of words, etc., to join, unite.

Esp., gram. t. t.: verba jungere, to make by joining, to compound:

jungitur verbum ex corrupto et integro, ut malevolus,

Quint. 1, 5, 68:

in jungendo aut in derivando,

id. 8, 3, 31; so,

juncta verba,

Cic. Or. 56, 186; id. Part. Or. 15, 53.—

To connect so as to sound agreeably:

quantum interest... verba eadem qua compositione vel in textu jungantur vel in fine claudantur,

Quint. 9, 4, 15.—Hence, P. a.: junc-tus, a, um, joined, united, connected, associated:

in opere male juncto,

Quint. 12, 9, 17.— Comp.:

causa fuit propior et cum exitu junctior,

Cic. Fat. 16, 36.— Sup.:

junctissimus illi comes,

most attached, Ov. M. 5, 69:

principum prosperis et alii fruantur: adversae ad junctissimos pertineant,

their nearest of kin, Tac. H. 4, 52.

macto, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of perf. subj. mactassint, Enn., Afran., and Pompon. ap. Non. 342, 12 sq.), v. freq. a. [macto, kindr. to Sanscr. makh, mah; intens. māmahyata, to slaughter, sacrifice; maha, victim; the ct in macto like vectum from veho; hence],

Within the religious sphere, to offer, sacrifice, immolate any thing in honor of the gods:

ferctum Jovi moveto et mactato sic,

Cato, R. R. 134, 2; so id. ib. § 4: pultem dis mactat, Varr. ap. Non. 341, 28:

nigras pecudes,

Lucr. 3, 52:

lectas de more bidentes Cereri,

Verg. A. 4, 57; Varr. ap. Non. 114, 27:

mactatus vitulus concidit propter aras,

Lucr. 2, 353:

manibus divis mactata,

id. 6, 759:

mactata veniet lenior hostia,

Hor. C. 1, 19, 16:

mactata Polyxena,

Ov. M. 13, 448:

trecenti ex dediticiis hostiarum more mactati,

Suet. Aug. 15:

vite caper morsa Bacchi mactandus ad aras,

Ov. M. 15, 114:

suovetaurilia mactanda, Fronto de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.: se Orco,

Liv. 9, 40:

hostium legiones Telluri ac diis Manibus mactandas dabo,

id. 10, 28; cf.:

ruptores pacis ultioni et gloriae,

Tac. A. 2, 13.—

Beyond the relig. sphere.

To present, reward, honor with any thing good or bad: Livius inde redit magno mactatu' triumpho, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 641 (Ann. v. 302 Vahl.):

eos ferunt laudibus et mactant honoribus,

heap honors on, extol, Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67 (also ap. Non. 342, 5); id. Vatin. 6, 14; id. Div. 1, 11, 18.—

Far more freq. in a bad sense, to afflict, trouble, punish with any thing: illum di deaeque magno mactassint malo, Enn. ap. Non. 342, 15 (Trag. v. 377 Vahl.); Afran. ib. 16; Cic. Vatin. 15, 36; cf. without abl., Pompon. ib. 12:

dotatae mactant et malo et damno viros,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 61; cf.:

mactare malo adficere significat,

Non. 342, 8:

aliquem infortunio,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 14: faxo tali eum mactatum, atque hic est, infortunio, * Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 39:

hostes patriae aeternis suppliciis vivos mortuosque mactabis,

pursue, punish, Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 33; cf.:

divisores omnium tribuum domi ipse suae crudelissima morte mactaret,

id. Harusp. Resp. 20, 42:

aliquem summo supplicio,

id. ib. 1, 11, 27:

aliquem morte,

id. Rep. 2, 35, 60:

mactantur comminus uno exitio,

Sil. 17, 500.—

To kill, slaughter, put to death:

hic mactat Ladona, Pheretaque Demodocumque,

Verg. A. 10, 413:

illigatas mollibus damas plagis,

Mart. 1, 50, 24: haec dextra Lernam taetra mactata excetra Pacavit, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22.—

To magnify; trop, to extol, glorify, honor; esp. to glorify [p. 1094] honor a deity with sacrifices, to worship:

Liberum patrem fanorum consecratione mactatis,

Arn. 1, 24:

puerorum extis deos manes mactare,

Cic. Vatin. 6, 14.—

Poet., to give splendor to a festival: lacte Latinas, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—

Aliquem or aliquid, to overthrow, ruin, destroy, Cic. Fl. 22, 52:

quorum ego furori nisi cessissem, in Catilinae busto vobis ducibus mactatus essem,

should have been sacrificed, id. ib. 7, 16:

perfidos et ruptores pacis ultioni et gloriae mactandos,

to offer up, immolate, Tac. A. 2, 13:

cum videant jus civitatis illo supplicio esse mactatum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 26: aut naves uram, aut castra mactabo, to destroy, Att. ap. Non. 341, 18.—Hence, mactus, a, um, Part., sync. for mactatus:

boves mactae,

Lucr. 5, 1339 (better referred to maco, q. v.).

mōles, is, f. [prob. for mog-les; root magh-; cf. magnus; Gr. mochthos, mogein, mogis; cf.: mochlos, molīri, molestus; Germ. Mühe], a shapeless, huge, heavy mass, huge bulk.

Lit.

In gen. ( poet.):

Chaos, rudis indigestaque moles,

Ov. M. 1, 7:

vastā se mole moventem Pastorem Polyphemum,

Verg. A. 3, 656:

taurus et ipsa mole piger,

Juv. 12, 12:

stetit aequore moles Pinea,

i. e. a fleet of large ships, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 19.—

Esp.

A mass, pile, a cliff or ridge of rock:

in mole sedens,

Ov. M. 2, 12; 13, 923.—

A mass or pile of waves:

venti, tantas audetis tollere moles,

Verg. A. 1, 134; 5, 790.—

A huge, massive structure, esp. of stone; a dam, pier, mole; a foundation, etc. (freq. and class.):

molem atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris jaciebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

moles oppositae fluctibus,

moles, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

aditus insulae muniti mirificis molibus,

id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

exstructa moles opere magnifico, incisaeque litterae, virtutis testes sempiternae,

a monument, id. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

moles propinqua nubibus,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 10:

insanae substructionum moles,

huge buildings, piles, Cic. Mil. 31, 85; Hor. C. 3, 1, 34:

sepulcri moles,

i. e. a tomb, Luc. 8, 865:

molem aggeris ultra venire,

Juv. 16, 26.—

A huge engine or machine, used at sieges:

velut celsam oppugnat qui molibus urbem,

Verg. A. 5, 439.—

Warlike apparatus, munitions of war:

belli,

Tac. H. 1, 61:

non alias majore mole concursum,

with a greater mass, id. A. 2, 46.—

Trop.

Greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity, heap:

moles pugnae,

Liv. 26, 6:

molem invidiae austinere,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; cf.:

moles mali,

id. ib. 3, 7, 17: vis consili expers mole ruit suā, Hor. [p. 1158] C. 3, 4, 65:

rerum,

Suet. Aug. 84:

fortunae,

Tac. A. 15, 52:

Herculea,

Sil. 12, 143:

densā ad muros mole feruntur,

a vast crowd, immense body, Verg. A. 12, 575:

curarum,

multitude, crowd, Tac. A. 12, 66:

tantae corporum moles in fugam consternati sunt,

Liv. 38, 46, 4.—

Difficulty, labor, trouble:

transveham naves haud magnā mole,

without great difficulty, Liv. 25, 11:

tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem,

so much labor did it cost, Verg. A. 1, 33:

Corbuloni plus molis adversus ignaviam militum, quam, etc.,

Tac. A. 13, 35.

mons, tis (archaic abl. montei, Enn. ap. Non. 222, 33; cf. Ann. v. 420 Vahl.), m. [etym. dub., perh. from the root min, whence also, emineo, mentum, minari; cf. minae; lit. a projecting body; hence], a mountain, mount.

Lit.:

montium altitudines,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

altissimi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 1:

avii,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 2:

inaccessi,

Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144:

lapidosi,

Ov. M. 1, 44.—Prov.:

parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus, said where much is promised but little performed,

Hor. A. P. 139.—

Transf.

A mountain, i. e. a (heaped-up, towering) mass, a heap, quantity:

argenti montes,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 73:

montes mali ardentes,

id. Merc. 3, 4, 32; id. Ep. 1, 1, 78:

ita mali maeroris montem maxumum conspicatus sum,

id. Most. 2, 1, 6:

mons in Tusculani monte,

i. e. a lofty, splendid building near Tusculum, Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

aquae,

Verg. A. 1, 105:

armorum,

Sil. 10, 549.—Of a wagon-load of stones:

eversum fudit super agmina montem,

Juv. 3, 258; Stat. Th. 1, 145.—Prov.:

montes auri polliceri,

to promise mountains of gold, to make great promises, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18; so,

maria montesque polliceri,

Sall. C. 23, 3:

magnos montes promittere,

Pers. 3, 65.—

A mountain-rock, rock in gen. ( poet.):

fertur in abruptum magno mons improbus actu,

Verg. A. 12, 687:

Graii,

Greek marble, Stat. Th. 1, 145.—

Mountain-beasts, wild beasts (late poet.):

consumant totos spectacula montes,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 310.

ŏnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [onus].

To load, lade, burden, freight with any thing (class.).

Lit.:

navim magnam multis mercibus,

Plaut. Men. prol. 25:

naves, ad celeritatem onerandi subductionesque, paulo facit humiliores,

for loading expeditiously, Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

jumenta,

Sall. J. 75, 6:

naves commeatu, etc.,

id. ib. 86, 1:

costas aselli pomis,

Verg. G. 1, 274:

tauri cervix oneratur aratro,

is loaded, burdened, Ov. A. A. 1, 19:

aures lapillis,

id. ib. 3, 129; cf.:

umerum pallio,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4:

ventrem,

to load, fill, Sall. Or. Rep. Ord. 1:

epulis onerari,

to overload, gorge one's self, Ov. P. 1, 10, 31:

vino et epulis onerati,

Sall. J. 76, 6:

cibus, qui in aegritudine alat neque oneret,

without oppressing the stomach, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 48:

vaccas,

to cause them to be covered, Pall. 8, 4.—

Transf., in gen., to load, cover ( poet.):

dapibus mensas onerare,

to cover, Verg. G. 4, 133:

manusque ambas jaculis oneravit acutis,

id. A. 10, 868:

jaculo palmas oneravit acuto,

i. e. armed, id. ib. 11, 574 (but armavit is the better read.; v. Forbig. ad loc.): membra [p. 1266] sepulcro, id. ib. 10, 558; cf.:

ossa aggere terrae,

id. ib. 11, 212:

aliquem saxis,

to stone, Phaedr. 3, 2, 4.—

Trop., to load, burden, weary; to oppress, overwhelm, overload (with good or evil; cf. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 10, 620), etc.:

me amoenitate oneravit dies,

has overwhelmed me, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 7.:

laetitiā senem,

id. ib. 4, 2, 47:

malignitateomnis mortalis,

id. ib. 3, 1, 5:

diem commoditatibus,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1:

aliquem mendaciis,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7; cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 61:

judicem argumentis,

id. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

aethera votis,

Verg. A. 9, 24:

verbis lassas onerantibus aures,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 10:

aliquem pugnis,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 172:

maledictis,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 123; cf.

contumeliis,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99; for which only absol. Sejanum, Tac. A. 4. 68:

aliquem injuriis,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 8:

aliquem malis,

Verg. A. 4, 549:

aliquem laudibus,

Liv. 4, 13:

spe praemiorum,

id. 35, 11:

promissis,

Sall. J. 12, 3:

honoribus,

Just. 5, 4, 13.—

Transf., to make heavier or more burdensome, to render more oppressive, to heighten, to aggravate (only since the Aug. per.;

esp. freq. in Tac. and the younger Plin.): injuriam alicujus invidiā,

Liv. 38, 56 fin.:

pericula alicujus,

Tac. A. 16, 30:

curas,

id. H. 2, 52:

delectum avaritiā et luxu,

to aggravate, make worse, render more odious, id. ib. 4, 14:

onerat te quaesturae tuae famā, quam ex Bithyniā optimam revexisti,

Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 8; 1, 8, 5; id. Pan. 24, 1; 73, 6.—

To load, stow, or heap up any thing in any thing ( poet.):

vina cadis,

Verg. A. 1, 195:

canistris Dona Cereris,

id. ib. 8, 180.— Hence, ŏnĕrātus, a, um, P. a., filled, full; with gen.: oneratus frugum et floris Liberi, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12 (Trag. Rel. p. 95 Rib.).—

Loaded, i. e. deceived, befooled:

ille est oneratus recte,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:

ego illum probe jam oneratum huc admovebo,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 61.

pasco, pāvi, pastum, 3, v. a. and n. [root pa-; Sanscr. gō-pas, herdsman; Gr. pateomai; cf. pabulum, pastor, Pales, panis; perh. also, Penates, penum], to cause to eat, to feed, pasture.

Lit.

Of animals, to pasture, drive to pasture, to feed, attend to the feeding of, etc. (cf. pabulor):

cum sues puer pasceret,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31:

greges armentaque pavit,

Ov. M. 6, 395:

non, me pascente, capellae, cytisum carpetis,

Verg. E. 1, 78:

turpes sub gurgite phocas,

id. G. 4, 395:

ut pasceret porcos,

Vulg. Luc. 15, 15. —

= depasco, of land, to pasture, give as a pasture:

et vomere duros Exercent collis atque horum asperrima pascunt,

Verg. A. 11. 319.—

In gen., to feed, supply with food:

quot greges et quantos sit pasturus,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 24:

bestias pascere,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

a quo (Catone) cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret? respondit: Bene pascere. Quid secundum? Satis bene pascere. Quid tertium? Male pascere,

id. ib. 2, 25, 89:

quid refert, quantum pascat aut feneret?

Sen. Ep. 2, 5:

plures calones atque caballi Pascendi,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 103.—

To feed, nourish, maintain, support (syn.:

alo, nutrio): olusculis nos soles pascere,

used to feed us with vegetables, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

quos, dives Anagnia, pascis, quos, Amasene pater,

Verg. A. 7, 684:

servi, ad quos pascendos transmarinarum regionum est optanda fertilitas,

Sen. Ep. 17, 3; so,

servos,

Juv. 3, 141:

viginti ventres pasco et canem,

Petr. 57:

nullā provinciarum pascente Italiam,

Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 15: Juv. 7, 93.—Of one who gives frequent entertainments, to feast, entertain:

cum plurimos suis sumptibus pasceret,

Spart. Hadr. 17; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41: se sutoris arte pascere, earn a living, Aug. Civ. Dei, 22, 8.—Rarely of things:

et volsis pascunt radicibus herbae (sc. me),

Verg. A. 3, 650.—

To cherish, cultivate, let grow, feed, etc.— Poet.: barbam, i.e. to cherish, to let grow, pôgônotrophein, Hor. S. 2, 3, 35:

sacrum (Baccho) crinem,

Verg. A. 7, 391:

genas Phoebo, crinem Iaccho,

Stat. Th. 8, 493:

Danaas paverunt Pergama flammas,

fed, Ov. M. 14, 467:

ubi Taurica dira Caede pharetratae pascitur ara deae,

id. Tr. 4, 4, 63:

polus dum sidera pascet,

Verg. A. 1, 608; Luc. 10, 258:

umbra pascens sata,

Plin. 17, 12, 18, § 90:

brevitate crassitudinem pascens,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 13:

agros,

to till, cultivate, Mart. 10, 58, 9:

nummos alienos,

to keep adding to, heap debt on debt, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 35.—

Of animals, to graze, browse ( poet.):

pascentes capellae,

Verg. E. 3, 96:

columbae,

id. A. 6, 199:

saltibus in vacuis pascunt,

id. G 3, 143:

sed tunc pascebant herbosa Palatia vaccae,

Tib. 2, 5, 25:

ire vis, mula, pastum foras,

Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 22.—Esp.

In pass. reflex., with dep. force:

cetera pascuntur viridis armenta per herbas,

Verg. G. 3, 162:

pascitur in magnā Silā formosa juvenca,

id. ib. 3, 219:

frondibus et victu pascuntur simplicis herbae,

id. ib. 3, 528:

carice pastus acutā,

id. ib. 3, 231; 341:

si pulli non pascentur,

Liv. 6, 41, 8:

iterum pasto pascitur ante cibo,

chews the cud, Ov. Am. 3, 5, 17 sq. —

Like depascere, with acc.:

silvas,

Verg. G. 3, 314:

mala gramina,

id. A. 2, 471:

apes arbuta,

id. G. 4, 181:

beluae pastae radices fruticum,

Plin. 9, 3, 2, § 7.—

Trop.

To feast, to gratify:

quos P. Clodii furor rapinis et incendiis et omnibus exitiis pavit,

Cic. Mil. 2, 3:

alicujus cruciatu atque supplicio pascere oculos animumque exsaturare,

to feast, id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.:

in ejus corpore lacerando... oculos paverit suos,

id. Phil. 11, 3, 8; Sen. Ep. 6, 6, 25:

animum picturā pascit inani,

Verg. A. 1, 464:

spes inanes,

to cherish, id. ib. 10, 627.—Of style:

omnia quasi eodem cibo pasta,

Petr. S. 2.—

Pass. reflex.:

his ego rebus pascor, his delector,

feast myself, Cic. Pis. 20, 45:

pasci discordiis civium et seditione,

id. Sest. 46, 99:

ego hic pascor bibliothecā Fausti,

id. Att. 4, 10, 1:

qui maleficio et scelere pascuntur,

live by, id. Off. 2, 11, 40:

otia corpus alunt: animus quoque pascitur illis,

Ov. P. 1, 4, 21:

pasci dolore alicujus,

id. M. 6, 280.—

To lay waste, ravage, desolate:

vestros campos,

Liv. 25, 12:

et pascent terram Assur in gladio,

Vulg. Mic. 5, 6; cf.:

pasce populum tuum in virgā tuā,

id. ib. 7, 14.

scorpĭo, ōnis ( poet. collat. forms scorpĭus and - ŏs, i, corresp. to the Greek), m., = skorpiôn, skorpios, a scorpion.

Lit., Plin. 11, 37, 62, § 86; 28, 2, 5, § 24; 29, 4, 29, § 91; Vulg. Deut. 8, 15. —In the form scorpius, Ov. M. 15, 371 scorpios, id. F. 4, 164; acc. scorpion, id. ib. 5, 541.—

Transf.

The Scorpion, one of the signs of the zodiac.—Form Scorpios, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 113; id. Arat. 208 and 430; Ov. M. 2, 196; Hyg. Astr. 2, 26; acc. Scorpion, Ov. M. 2, 83.—Form Scorpio, Petr. 39, 11; 35, 4:

Scorpionis ascensus,

Vulg. Num. 34, 4.—

A kind of prickly sea-fish: Cottus scorpio, Linn.; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 151; cf. Petr. 35, 4;

in the form scorpios,

Ov. Hal. 116.—

A prickly plant, scorpion - wort, scorpion - grass: Spartium scorpius, Linn.; Plin. 22, 15, 17, § 39.—

A shrub, also called tragos, Plin. 27, 13, 116, § 142; 13, 21, 37, § 116.—

A military engine for throwing darts, stones, and other missiles, a scorpion, Veg. Mil. 4, 22; Amm. 23, 4, 4; Caes. B. G. 7, 25; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 553, 24 (Hist. 3, 36 Dietsch); Liv. 26, 47; 26, 49; Vitr. 10, 1; in the form scorpius, Sisenn. ap. Non. 553, 25; Vulg. 1 Macc. 6, 51.—

In the agrimensores, a heap of stones terminating in a point, and used as a boundary-mark, Sic. Fl. pp. 4 and 6 Goes. —

An instrument of torture, Isid. 5, 27, 18; cf. Vulg. 3 Reg. 12, 14; id. 2 Par. 10, 11.

strāges, is, f. [sterno, II. B.], a throwing down, throwing to the ground, overthrowing; an overthrow; confusion, confused heap or mass (cf.: acervus, strues; not freq. till after the Aug. per., esp. in Liv.; not in Cæs.).

Lit.

In gen.

With gen.:

strage armorum saepta via est,

Liv. 35, 30:

nemorum,

Sil. 3, 205:

ruinae,

Liv. 42, 63:

minarum,

id. 37, 32:

aedificiorum et hominum,

Tac. A. 1, 76:

obstantis molis,

id. H. 1, 86:

rerum in trepidatione nocturna passim relictarum,

Liv. 10, 34:

boum hominumque,

id. 41, 21:

canum volucrumque aviumque boumque,

Ov. M. 7, 536:

exercituum,

Val. Max. 6, 6, ext. 1.—

Absol.:

dabit ille (nimbus) ruinas Arboribus stragemque satis,

Verg. A. 12, 454:

atrox tempestas multis locis stragem fecit,

Liv. 40, 2:

strage ac ruinā fudere Gallos,

id. 5, 43; cf. id. 4, 33.—

Pregn., a mortal overthrow; a defeat, slaughter, massacre, butchery, carnage (syn.: caedes, clades): stragem horribilem caedemque vereri, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20; so (with caedes) Tac. A. 14, 36; Just. 10, 3, 1; Val. Max. 5, 6, 5; cf.:

quantas acies stragemque ciebunt!

Verg. A. 6, 829:

confusae stragis acervus,

id. ib. 6, 504:

complere strage campos,

Liv. 7, 24.—In plur.:

strages facere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:

strages edere,

id. Leg. 3, 9, 22; id. Att. 1, 16, 1; Verg. A. 9, 526; 9, 784; Just. 33, 2, 2; cf.

also II.: cruentae,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 132.—

Trop., overthrow, ruin, destruction:

quas ego pugnas et quantas strages edidi!

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 1.

structĭo, ōnis, f. [struo], a joining together, building, erecting, construction (postclass.).

Lit.:

SCALARIS,

Inscr. Orell. 4570:

petrosolinum sternes inter spatia structionis (olivarum),

between the layers of the heap, Pall. Nov. 22, 5.—

Trop.: arma venatoribus parabunt, ut retia, venabula, sagittas et quicquid ad structionem ejus studii pertinet, apparatus, Firm. Math. 8, 9:

ratio et structio fidei,

Tert. Pat. 3.

structus, a, um, Part., v. struo.

structus, ūs, m. [struo], a heap, pile:

lignorum structibus incensis,

Arn. 7, 15 Hildeb.